Goddess Sita Mutates Indian Mythology into Science Fiction: How Three Stories from Breaking the Bow Reinterpret the Ramayana

Goddess Sita Mutates Indian Mythology into Science Fiction: How Three Stories from Breaking the Bow Reinterpret the Ramayana

This article studies three distinct Science Fictional reinterpretations of (goddess) Sita – wife of Lord Rama – in Breaking the Bow, an anthology of (Speculative Fiction) stories inspired by the classical Indian epic Ramayana. These varied manifestations of Sita bear testimony to how Indian SF in En...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sami A. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research 2016-06-01
Series:Fafnir
Subjects:
indian science fiction
novum
breaking the bow
ramayana
darko suvin
mythology and science fiction
sita’s descent
test of fire
regressions
Online Access:http://journal.finfar.org/articles/goddess-sita-mutates-indian-mythology-into-science-fiction-how-three-stories-from-breaking-the-bow-reinterpret-the-ramayana/

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